HOMECOMING PARADE AND PEP RALLY

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The 2010 Homecoming Parade and Pep Rally will kick off tonight at 5:30 p.m. The parade will begin on University Avenue and continue to the Oxford Square.

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HOMECOMING: PAST AND PRESENT

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Alderman John Morgan says that he wants to see the part of Jackson Avenue that runs by the Square turned into a two-way street.

On a busy day, traffic com-ing off the Square from South

Lamar Avenue to University Av-enue can be gridlocked, Morgan said.

But Morgan said if they made Jackson Avenue a two-way, peo-ple would turn right in front of City Hall to get to East Oxford, which would ease the flow of traffic.

Mayor George “Pat” Patter-

son said that he thought it was a good idea.

“I believe it will help the flow of traffic on the Square a lot,” Patterson said.

Morgan said it wasn’t a done deal yet, however, because in making Jackson Avenue a two-way, the Square will lose five parking spaces, including a

handicapped parking spot.“There is an alderman who

won’t budge until we find a place for that handicapped spot,” Morgan said. “And I agree. We do need to find a place for it.”

The changes would cost be-tween $2,000 and $3,000 to re-stripe Jackson Avenue, Pat-terson said.

The University of Mississippi now educates just fewer than 20,000 students.

This number is in part due to the freshman class size, which increased 19.9 percent from last year. Also, retention rates have gone from 78.3 percent to 83.1 percent in two years.

“As our enrollment grows, the demand for services continues to grow,” Larry Ridgeway, Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs, said.

To fulfill this need, Associated Student Body president Virginia Burke began the Legacy Gift Campaign.

Designed by and for students, the Legacy Gift Campaign is an effort to raise funds for a new student union and recreation center.

The new union will include more flat floor space in which clubs and student organizations can meet, a ballroom space for campus events, a medium-sized auditorium and a movie theater.

“We have a great need for a small auditorium space that could accommodate speakers, comedians or small acoustic mu-sical groups,” Ridgeway said.

The new recreation center will be comprised of updated training space and more space for fitness groups and classes.

To support this campaign,

students will be asked on their my.olemiss account if they would like to add an extra $50 to their tuition to fund the Legacy Gift Campaign.

If students check yes, the mon-ey will be charged to their bursar account and placed directly into the campaign fund. This money will go towards the estimated $100 million needed for the project.

Ridgeway stated that once funded, it would take about 18 to 24 months to complete, but how soon the project starts de-pends on how many students participate.

“We are going to issue bonds, but any money that University students can contribute now

could be seed money toward hopefully getting some addition-al either private support or some designation of a portion of tu-ition to go towards this purpose,” Ridgeway said.

Funded voluntarily by students of Ole Miss, the Legacy Gift Campaign will be the first cam-paign of its size to be student-driven and initiated.

“I was here when we got the go ahead to start planning for the Turner Center.” Bill Kingery current Director of Campus Rec-reation said. “It was a great expe-rience, and when we opened in 1983 we were able to see that the campus community was ready for a facility such as Turner. Now it’s time to start a new project.”

BY CAIN MADDENThe Daily Mississippian

A New Direction for the Square

The Board of Aldermen is proposing to make a portion of Jackson Ave. from City Hall eastward a two-way street. If passed, the change would cost taxpayers approxi-mately $3,000.

CAIN MADDEN | The Daily Mississippian

BY JADE GENGAThe Daily Mississippian

CAMPAIGN BEGINS TO FUND BUILDING OF NEW STUDENT UNION, RECREATION CENTER

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ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONThe Alumni Association will meet at 10 a.m. in the Gertrude C. Ford Ballroom at The Inn at Ole Miss.

ALUMNI AWARDS DAY RECIPIENTSThe introduction of the award recipients will be held at Holling-sworth Field before the game.

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BY JOSH CLARK Cartoonist

Everyone has a story. The stories of our lives have mold-

ed our character. They have shaped us into who we are and who we will be.However, there are parts of those

stories that catch us off guard. For me, that happened this past sum-mer.I graduated from high school and

was looking forward to my fresh-man year at Ole Miss. I expected that my last few months in Bir-mingham , Ala., would be filled with adventure, celebration and bittersweet goodbyes. I had only graduated the week

before when I received a text from my best friend, B. We hadn’t made any official senior trip plans, but B.’s text changed that: “We’re going to the beach for senior trip. I’ll pick you up in an hour.” It was a statement, not a question.

And given his spontaneous person-ality, it seemed like a great idea. Be-fore I knew it, my parents agreed, and I was excited to go on a trip without adults for the first time. The scenario was almost perfect: a

beach trip with friends nearby and

no agenda. I couldn’t wait.I had no idea that all of our lives

were going to change in unfathom-able ways within a few hours. After we got to the beach, our

friends wanted us to hang out at their pool. I decided to go, and B. told me that he was going to ride around for a while and come back to pick me up.Something about the whole situa-

tion didn’t feel right to me, and my gut told me what the problem was.But I second-guessed myself.

I couldn’t shake the feeling that something was wrong.After B. didn’t answer my calls or

reply to my texts, I was afraid that he was in trouble. I asked the girls to drive me back to our hotel, and the speed of my heart pumped fast-er than the pace of the car itself.It felt like my heart was climbing

up in my body lodging itself in my throat. I was terrified.When we arrived at our hotel, I

saw B.’s car in the parking lot. And I knew.I ran to our room, told the girls to

stay outside, and when I saw B., it was clear that all of our worst fears

had been realized. He had committed suicide. I called 911 while fighting back

every emotion; the mental images from that day are forever engraved on my mind.From the moment that I found

B., I felt alone and hopeless. Sadly, a lot of those feelings stay with me, and even with weekly counseling appointments, I feel as if I could have done better.I was the only guy around to han-

dle everything, and it’s a burden I still carry. The reality of death hit me hard that day on the beach. Sometimes I feel like I’ll never get over it. While I know that I can help oth-

ers as a result of B.’s death, I too suf-fer from these terrible thoughts. I am well-familiar with the fake smile because some days I wear it, too.Many of you have been through

the same thing I have, whether it’s because you’ve known a suicide vic-tim or contemplated suicide your-self. People who are dealing with or thinking about suicide need to know that they are not alone – even though many of them have never

shared their feelings with anyone.I beg you: Please seek help now.

The best method is to talk about your feelings with someone who is qualified to help you.There are nearly 1 million suicide

attempts each year in the United States alone and it is the second largest cause of death among college students. While there is no definite end to this growing epidemic, there is help available to you 24 hours a day, every day.You need to know that you are not

alone. You need to know that there is help. On Sunday, Nov. 7, there will be

an Out of the Darkness Commu-nity Walk at 1 p.m. at the Lyceum to help fund the American Founda-tion for Suicide Prevention.Also, if you would like more infor-

mation about Talk Out Loud, the program I am hoping to start on campus, feel free to contact me.We all have a story; maybe it’s time

for us to share it.If you would like more informa-

tion, visit the American Founda-tion for Suicide Prevention at www.afsp.org.

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For those of you who didn’t know, tuition for in-state students rose $165 this semester. It went up about $420 for out-of-state stu-dents.

State budget cuts are the main reason for the hike, but they aren’t the only reason.

Student tuition will contribute $3.4 million to the athletic depart-ment budget this year, a nearly 80 percent increase from last year’s $1.9 million. It amounts to around $115 per student every semester, straight to athletics.

At a time when many depart-ments on campus are tightening their belts to keep costs from trick-ling down to students, the athletics department doesn’t seem to mind dipping its hand into our piggy banks and taking as much as it can grab.

I am a huge supporter of our sports teams. I buy season tickets to all three major sports, have a closet full of Ole Miss merchandise and might name my firstborn son Eli. But not every student is like me.

Believe it or not, there are stu-dents on this campus who have (gasp) never been to an Ole Miss sporting event. It isn’t fair that they have to pay for jerseys, coaches’ sal-aries and 3-D sports videos when all they want is an education.

Ole Miss is not unique. Dozens of schools rely heavily on student tuition or fees to support their ath-letic programs. But a lot of schools, like Arkansas, Alabama, LSU and Kentucky, don’t.

The best argument I hear in support of using tuition dollars for athletic programs is that a good athletic program boosts the

school’s recognition and enhances a student’s degree.

That argument stinks. Harvard grads don’t get hired because of the Crimson athletic program.

I am up in arms about this issue because since my freshman year, student leaders have been trying to figure out ways to raise money to support renovations to the Union and Turner Center.

The MPower initiative in 2008 sought to implement a student fee to raise money for the renovations, but the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning shot it down be-cause they don’t like fees. Students were told that any revenue increase would have to come by way of a tuition hike, but that never had much support.

Soon the ASB will launch a campaign that offers students the

chance to opt in to a fee that would support the Union and Turner Center renovations. It might take years to accrue enough money to even get started.

Why is it like pulling teeth to get the ball rolling on projects that would directly benefit every stu-dent on campus when the athletics department takes students’ money on a whim without anyone raising arms? We could start renovations tomorrow with $3.4 million bucks. We might even be able to finish them before our kids get here.

The total athletic budget this year is $43.7 million, of which our tuition dollars make up less than eight percent. I say go find that eight percent somewhere else or cut back on the 3-D glasses and new uniforms.

That’s our money. Give it back.

SPEAKING OF THAT: The athletics department is robbing our piggy banks

BY TAYLOR MCGRAWColumnist

Dear Editor,In response to Emily Cegielski’s

article, “The American Way.” Having dual citizenship, I found

your bashing of both French and Americans sad. You complain that the French are lazy, yet you state that you too would hate having things in your life extended, like school. Your dreams are going to New York, theirs are retiring, just like everyone else’s. The French are always on strike because their government runs differently than America’s, and for that matter, the American government has count-less issues of its own. Striking for

the French is their “letter to Sarko-sy”; it is how they get their mes-sage across. It is their form of com-plaining, as you say is the only way to get anything accomplished, or “anything you want.” That is plain wrong. Encouraging complaining is low, whether it is the American way or the French way. Please stop writ-ing articles that make our countries look this pathetic, as complainers and egomaniacs. It is only adding to the negativity already plaguing our world.

Camille ParkerOle Miss alumnaFrench AND American Citizen

Dear Editor,I am writing to you today af-

ter having read the piece by Andy Paul.

Do you people have no shame? It is one thing to have a staff full of bright-eyed liberal columnists who are trying to groom themselves to become smarmy, liberal, hack writers, but to accuse Sarah Palin of grooming her “retarded” son for overexposure is disgusting. It is obvious that the slant of your publication is hopelessly and an-grily liberal based on what I read in the opinion columns everyday. I hope Mr. Paul is admonished for

this disgusting cheap shot and also hope that you admonish yourself for letting this garbage go to print.

Mark S. MaharreyBBA 1983

Dear Editor,I really enjoy reading the weekly

top ten, and I just wanted to pass along my praise and appreciation. The writing is hilarious, witty, and most importantly intelligent! Keep up the great work!

Best,Cody LeBlancSophomore, International Studies & French

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In the late 1800s, there were thousands of black bears in Mississippi.Black Bear Program Leader

for the Mississippi Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Brad Young said bears were once as prevalent as deer, and Missis-sippi soon became famous for them.“The number of bears we had

back then drew in some of America’s greatest bear hunt-ers,” Young said, “Including Teddy Roosevelt and his hunt in Sharkey County where he refused to shoot the black bear, leading to the story of the ted-dy bear.”However, Roosevelt was in a

minority of hunters who did

not shoot the bears, and soon a game survey estimated only 12 bears left in the state.“This was before the days of

conservation, and they were al-most wiped out,” Young said. “The population did not re-cover for the longest time.”Alongside losing numbers

to hunters, the bear also lost much of its habitat.“The Delta was a wilderness

before it was cleared for ag-riculture,” Young said. “You could not have designed a better bear habitat than the Mississippi Delta, but when the cotton plantations started popping up, the bears ran out of places to hide.”The bear, which primarily

sticks to the Mississippi River drainages and streams, is mak-ing a comeback in Mississippi,

especially in the Delta re-gion.“When I

started eight years ago, the population was estimated to be between 25 and 40 in the state,” Young said. “Today, we are seeing a rebound. We esti-mate that there are somewhere around 120 bears throughout the state. Not a lot, but the population has tripled in the past eight years.”Young described the black

bear, which is an excellent swimmer and climber, as a 6-foot-tall 300-pound rac-coon.“People have negative stereo-

types about them because of the word ‘bear’ — they think about the grizzly or polar

bear,” Young said. “But they are very different animals than these hunters. There has never been a documented case of a black bear attacking people or livestock.”Ninety percent of the black

bear’s diet is some kind of plant material, such as acorns and berries.“They are almost completely

vegetarian,” Young said. “They eat insects for protein.”During this time of year,

Young said the bears eat a tre-mendous amount of acorns.“They are walking stomachs,”

Young said. “Their world re-

volves around food — other than a period in the spring when they go out looking for a date.”The bear can be an opportu-

nistic eater, so it can score a meal in many ways.“If they were to find a dead

animal, a fish or a deer, that could become lunch,” Young said. “But they are not active predators; they don’t chase down an animal.”While a diet of acorns and

berries might mean The Grove would be a pretty good home for a black bear, they go out

BY CAIN MADDENThe Daily Mississippian

Mississippi black bear population on the rise, and other things you didn’t know about bears

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The Oxford adult soccer league finished its season last month, marking the first time in five years the league played a season in Oxford.It featured players from over

a dozen countries and Oxford residents from all walks of life.“We had a league with people

of different cultures, profes-sions, ages and backgrounds,” Oxonian Jason Talavs said. “But we all had a common thread in soccer. We just want-ed to compete and have fun.”Talavs’ team, which consisted

of players from eight different countries, was representative of the league as a whole. The association had three Hispanic teams, an African/Caribbean team and an English team.“Oxford is a great melting

pot,” said Talavs. “It has fami-lies, retirees, students and an amazing amount of cultural di-versity. Our soccer league was a little microcosm of that.”In addition to playing on a

team, Talavs helped organize

the league with his friend Kev-in Mitchell. They started re-cruiting players during pickup games at the intramural fields and worked with the Oxford Park Commission to get the league started again after a five-year hiatus.Ebbe Kristensen, a Danish ex-

change student who played on Talavs’ team, found it to be a good opportunity to meet peo-ple in Oxford.“Coming from Denmark I

didn’t know anyone here,” Kristensen said. “I met Jason at the intramural field and he asked me to come play with his team.”Kristensen, who is accus-

tomed to more organized soc-cer leagues in Denmark, said it took some adjusting to the style of play and refereeing here.“I got very upset about some

players setting screens like in American basketball,” Kris-tensen said. “That’s not a part of soccer as I’m used to playing it.”He attributes these discrep-

ancies to different “soccer cultures,” referring to differ-

ing styles people play around the world. Despite sometimes questioning calls, Kristensen said it was a good experience overall.“It’s been great for me and

some of the other internation-al students to meet people,” he said. “I got some great friend-ships out of it and I’m really happy about it.”With a successful season be-

hind him, Talavs hopes to see the league grow to have more events. He said he is working with the Oxford Park Commis-sion to set up a spring league as well as some standalone tour-naments.This season, half the games

were played at FNC Park with the other half being played at the airport fields. Talavs says he hopes all the games will be played at FNC Park next sea-son.“We have the nicest fields in

North Mississippi,” he said. “It adds a lot of credibility to the league playing out there.”Looking forward to next sea-

son, Talavs said he hopes it continues to have the same di-versity it had last season.“I’ve played at all levels of

sports short of the profession-al level,” he said. “And I have never been on a team I enjoyed playing with more.”

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The Ole Miss Chapter of Young Americans for Liberty will host a screening of “V for Vendetta” tonight at 5 p.m. in Bondurant Auditorium (room 204C).The Ole Miss Young Ameri-

cans for Liberty is a fairly new group on campus according to president, James Robertson.“We started in 2008 as the UM

Constitutionalists,” he said. “We affiliated with the Young Americans for Liberty about a year ago.”According to their website,

Young Americans for Liberty formed from Students for Ron Paul following the 2008 cam-paign.Robertson said YAL stands to

promote the Constitution and

the individual liberties it gives. They believe the best way to do this is to reduce government.Robertson said they are pre-

senting “V for Vendetta” because of the parallels it draws to the American government today.“It’s about fighting to restore

liberty in government,” he said. “We see the parallels to how our government tramples liberty to-day.”Robertson stressed that YAL

does not promote violence as part of its message.“I want to be clear in that we

do not advocate blowing up government buildings,” he said. “The movie presents a very ex-treme case.”Robertson quoted the line “be-

neath this mask there is an idea, and ideas are bulletproof ” as be-ing important to YAL’s ideas and

principles.He said this quote represents

the Constitution and the indi-vidual liberties it secures.“The idea of liberty can’t die,”

Robertson said. “The power of the government lies with the people, and we won’t let that happen.”They are presenting the movie

on November 5 because of the date’s importance to the movie in reference to Guy Fawkes.For more information on the

Ole Miss Chapter of Young Americans for Liberty, visit their website UMFreedom.com or the national website for Young Americans for Liberty yaliberty.org.The Ole Miss Young Ameri-

cans for Liberty meet weekly on Mondays at 7 p.m. in the Stu-dent Union room 403.

BY HILLARY GOODFELLOWThe Daily Mississippian

Movie Night with Young Americans for Liberty featuring V for Vendetta of their way to avoid people,

Young said.“They are very shy, secretive

animals,” Young said. “They stick to dense cover and most-ly move at night. If they smell you, they will get out of your way, so it is rare to stumble upon one.”While the majority of the

bears live near the Mississip-pi River, there are a few near Oxford.“There are one or two bears

in Holly Springs National Forest,” Young said. “And a little bit further south, we get calls of bear sightings in Yalo-busha County.”There are two types of black

bears in Mississippi — north of U.S. 82, it is the American Black Bear, and to the south of 82 lives the American Black Bear sub genus Louisi-ana Black Bear.“When the Louisiana Black

Bear was first classified, it was characterized by having a lon-ger face and nose and having a smaller body build,” Young said. “Over time, the two have

grown to look very similar and it would be difficult to distinguish them.”The fate of the bear, which

can reach speeds of 35 miles per hour on land, is looking up in the state, Young said.“There is still unoccupied

public and private forest land,” Young said. “We don’t expect their numbers to triple every five years like we have seen lately, but the future is looking very good for the bear.”Young said bears have even

played a symbolic role in Mississippi literature, such as in William Faulkner’s “The Bear.”“I think the book is a rep-

resentation of the roles that bears have played,” Young said. “They are an iconic part of our land. They are a sym-bol of wilderness.”

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Have you ever wanted to go to the opera, but thought, “Hm, I don’t have the attention span for five hours reading supertitles and listening to high sopranos sing Italian”?

Thanks to Julia Aubrey and The University of Mississippi Opera Theater Ensemble, you can have the best of the opera world mixed with some musical theater goodies right here in the comfort of Nutt Auditorium.

Clay Terry, first year graduate

student and Ole Miss alum, uses his keen sense of humor to turn the first act into a game show about who can out-diva who. He later shows his true skill as a tenor and his overall well-rounded abil-ity as not only a singer, but as a true performer.

With clips from classic operas like Tosca and Otello, the singers bring each show to life with a few blocks and some amazing vocals. With minimal costumes beyond articles pulled from their own clos-ets and zero set, it takes a bit of imagination to get into the scene but no trouble whatsoever to sim-

ply enjoy it.Tiffany Gammell, graduate as-

sistant and veteran to the stages of Ole Miss, sweeps the show with her immaculate range and beau-tiful stage presence. From low to high, Gammell hits every note with ease and is clearly one of the most gifted vocalists this campus has seen in a long time.

Briana Raif, second year law student, blew me away with ev-ery character she portrayed. From her multi-dimensional Witch to the Diva Dido, her stunning voice swims into your ears and creeps into the depths of your mind to

never be forgotten again.The best piece, however, only in-

volves one of the aforementioned actors. Nina Cole, Jessica Kennon, Paul Gamble and Clay Terry form the perfect quartet in their scene from Rigoletto. Between Cole and her in-the-rafters soprano voice and Kennon’s soothing deeper tones, the two girls mesh together in perfect harmony.

Overall, the show is a diamond in the rough among the home-coming festivities of the weekend and is certain to amuse and mys-tify all who attend.

If you’re looking for a quick dip

into the artistic world without the hassle of following complex plots and intricate character develop-ment, this show is where you need to be.

Who: The University of Missis-sippi Opera Theater Ensemble

What: “Hysterical Opera: Com-edy, murder and mayhem”

Where: Nutt AuditoriumWhen: Friday, November 5 at 8

p.m.Sunday, November 7 at 3 p.m.Tickets available at the Ole Miss

Box Office or online at http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/tickets/.

IN REVIEW: ‘Hysterical Opera: Comedy, murder and mayhem’BY MIA CAMURATIOpinion Editor

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Artist and writer Wayne Sim-mons, an Ole Miss graduate, will sign his new book, “The Story of Jules Verne, a Watch Pocket Dog,” at Square Books Saturday at 2 p.m. Having lived in Shreveport,

La. with his family since his college days, he now resides on a farm near Ellison Bay, Wis. and stays involved with the arts. Since he holds a double major

in English and art extended, Simmons has, for the last four years, been strictly immersed within his artistic aspirations. Before this creative epiphany,

Simmons owned an Advertis-ing and Public Relations agen-cy for 32 years. This is his first book. “Because of what I did for

a living, I had ample oppor-tunity to use what I learned at Ole Miss,” Simmons said. “For the past four years I have been a full-time painter and writer.”And for Simmons this artistic

escape has been essential.“The story, the art, the recol-

lections, they are all mine and

in many ways they represent a substantial part of one man’s adult life... with one dog be-ing the thread that binds it all together,” says Simmons. His specialty is dogs, he

claims, going on to state that he also illustrated his book as well. “Without a doubt, my fa-

vorite subjects are dogs, and a very ‘special dog’ just happens to be what my book is about,” Simmons said. Along with dogs, Simmons

specializes in sporting art, landscapes and portraits. Some of these distinctive

images have been made into framable prints. One image named “Rainbow

Bridge” will be given out as a companion gift along with his book during the signing on Saturday. “I believe this companion ‘gift

print’, which is featured on my website, will be an appreciat-ed and welcomed memento of the occasion,” Simmons said.Simmons admits that return-

ing to his alma mater after 40 years for a book signing is an emotional conglomeration of interest, stimulation and in-timidation.

“Working with the folks at Square Books has been terrif-ic.” Simmons said. “Everyone I’ve come in contact with has been delightful to work with and most helpful.”“Jules Verne” traces an “out-

doorsy” young man’s relation-ship with his dog over an en-tire decade. The story deals with Wayne

Simmons’ dream of owning an outstanding hunting dog. However, the less-than-mar-velous canine Simmons ends up receiving is quite different from what he had expected.Even so, owner and pet de-

velop a special relationship throughout the years. “You’ll find that the story’s not

just for hunters – it’s strictly G-rated, family entertainment all the way,” Simmons said.The book consists of a col-

lection of stories that aim to capture the singular bond be-tween man and mutt, as well as showcase Simmons’ own creative spark through his art-work and words. It’s a collaboration of two arts

juxtaposed against one anoth-er, working together to create a truly original work.

UM alum returns for book signingBY MARY B SELLERSThe Daily Mississippian

Photo courtesy of Wayne Simmons

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Of Montreal has always been an evolving enterprise.

60s psychedelia, jangly Kinks-era garage and strobing dance-pop are all textural snippets of the band’s eclectic approach to what can only be described as musical theatre.

Since the release of 1997’s “Cherry Peel,” Kevin Barnes and his Athens, Ga. outfit have been steadily churning through as many genres as they have tubes of face paint.

With their latest record, “False Priest,” Of Montreal tackles 70s soul while adding in flecks of hip-hop and R&B for good measure. Like most of the band’s material, “False Priest” is essentially Barnes’ brainchild, as it was both conceived and re-corded at the frontman’s home studio.

Kanye West collaborator Jon Brion also contributed to pro-

duction, smoothing over Barnes‘ original mixes at his Los Ange-les den.

“I came out to L.A., to Ocean Way studios with Jon,” Barnes told Pitchfork. “He basically showed me how I could make it sound a lot better, improve the fidelity, get more low end, expand the audio spectrum. I basically came to Jon with a fin-ished record, and we improved upon it.”

As for the soul influences that permeate the new record, Barnes references the collective thump of “False Priest” as a key component of this sound, an interest sparked by his personal exploration of early funk spe-cialists Parliment and Sly and the Family Stone.

“There’s a thick R&B influ-ence,” he said. “We were trying to make a record that has simi-lar low end to records like The Low End Theory by A Tribe Called Quest and even, to some degree, stuff like Dr. Dre.”

Due to this stylistic shift, Of Montreal’s live show has been altered to accommodate the funky detour. Shock-psych soulstress Janelle Monae, who is featured on the record in the tracks “Our Riotous Defects” and “Enemy Gene,” is the open-ing act on the tour.

“We want to control the en-vironment from right when the doors open,” Barnes said. “So many different levels of artistic stimulation that would go on throughout the whole night. We want to transform the ven-ues each night, so it becomes this exceptional experience for everyone. So this initial “False Priest” tour we’re doing with Janelle Monae, it’s going to be the most exciting event I’ve ever been a part of.”

Of Montreal will be taking the stage at The Lyric tonight with horses, glitter and all.

Tickets are $25. Doors open at 8, and the show

is at 9.

BY JOSH BREEDENThe Daily Mississippian

Of Montreal: A Musical Madhouse

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The Ole Miss women’s bas-ketball team won their exhi-bition game 86-36 over the University of West Georgia on Thursday night at the Tad Smith Coliseum.

Freshman Pa’Sonna Hope opened the game with a layup and continued to be effective in the half with 13 points and eight boards.

Junior LaTosha Laws was also a key offensive force in the half with 11 points and five re-bounds.

Freshman Shae Nelson scored the final points in the half, which gave the Lady Rebels a 30-point half time lead.

The second half opened with a fast layup by freshman Valen-cia McFarland, followed by a steal by sophomore Courtney Marbra which led to a three-pointer from Laws.

The Lady Rebels held at least

a 30-point lead over the Wolves in the second half.

Freshman Kenyotta Jenkins finished the game with a layup, giving Ole Miss a 50-point vic-tory.

“I was surprised by my fresh-man, I thought they performed quite well,” said Ole Miss coach Renee Ladner.

It was, after all, the freshmen that led the team offensively. Hope finished with 20 points, while Nelson added 11.

McFarland ended with nine assists and five steals.

Other players of note were Laws with 19 points and junior Nikki Byrd with 12 points.

Senior Kayla Melson finished with four assists, five rebounds and nine points.

The Lady Rebs host the Inn at Ole Miss Classic on Nov. 12-13. Ole Miss plays Jackson State on that Friday and will either play in the consolation or championship game on Sat-urday.

Lady Rebs dominate in 50-point exhibition win BY KAITLYN DUBOSEThe Daily Mississippian

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Ole Miss gets a much-needed break from Southeastern Con-ference play this weekend after running the gauntlet of facing Alabama, Arkansas, and Auburn as Louisiana-Lafayette comes to town. The Rebels come into the game short-handed with injuries at defensive end and linebacker, so Ole Miss fans should expect to see plenty of youth on the field Satur-day night on defense. Here’s what Ole Miss needs to do to get back on the winning track:

Avoid the trapAfter the debacles that were the

Jacksonville State and Vanderbilt games, Ole Miss can’t afford to take any opponent for granted. This match-up has trap game written all over it for Ole Miss. The Reb-els come off three emotional and big-time SEC games, including last week’s home game against the No. 1 team in the country that saw the fifth biggest crowd in Vaught-Hem-ingway history. With three straight losses, cold weather and a smaller opponent, the crowd that comes

Saturday will be much smaller. If Ole Miss takes this game lightly and tries to sleepwalk through the contest with a crowd that will do the same, the Rebels could be in trouble. Get out to an early leadThis is the key for Saturday night’s

game. If Ole Miss can come out hot and put up a couple of touch-downs, the Rebels could potentially put this game out of reach early. This is a Louisiana-Lafayette team that led a now 7-1 Oklahoma State team 21-17 at halftime before the Cowboys pulled away in the second half. Ole Miss can ill afford to keep the Ragin’ Cajuns in the game that long, because anything can happen with this Ole Miss team. The ear-lier Ole Miss can get up by a large margin, the better. A sluggish start that keeps the Cajuns in the game must be avoided. Youth on displayThis wasn’t exactly the way that

Ole Miss coach Houston Nutt wanted to display his highly ranked 2010 recruiting class by throw-ing them into the fire, but a large rash of injuries has forced some of the freshmen onto the field. With defensive end Gerald Rivers out

with an ankle injury, look for true freshman Carlos Thompson to get more snaps at end. To put the Reb-els’ depth issues in perspective, line-backer D.T. Shackleford will start in place of Rivers at defensive end, and will also be the backup at two of the linebacker positions with Jonathan Cornell out with a hip injury. Redshirt-freshman Mike Marry will get the start in place of Cornell, while undersized backup Rudy Wilson will see more snaps. Work on the fundamentalsWhile the goal is to win the game,

this game provides Ole Miss with the opportunity to work on some of the smaller things that have plagued the Rebels all year. With SEC games coming up against Tennessee, LSU, and Mississippi State, this week is the chance to fix the tackling issues on defense along with blown coverages in the second-ary. On offense, the Rebels need to work on consistency and maintain-ing drives, as three-and-outs all year have caused problems. This team knows they have to win three out of the next four games, and needs to take this opportunity to fix some things this week if they want to have that chance at a bowl.

BY BENNETT HIPPThe Daily Mississippian

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For Ole Miss fans looking for a reprieve from the disappointing football season, the Rebel basket-ball team gets things started on the hardwood tonight against Delta State in exhibition play.

Ole Miss and Delta State tip off at 6 p.m. in Tad Smith Coliseum. Admission is free.

The exhibition marks the first time that newcomers Nick Wil-liams, Donald Williams, Stead-man Short, Isaiah Massey, Dun-drecous Nelson and Demarco Cox will don Rebel uniforms as Ole Miss prepares for the 2010-2011 season.

The Rebels return sophomore guard Will Bogan, who played in just four games last season before suffering a wrist injury. Ole Miss basketball coach Andy Kennedy said that he views tonight’s game as a valuable opportunity for the younger players on the team to get much-needed minutes.

“Everyone approaches this dif-ferently,” Kennedy said. “I’ll play

a lot of guys and try to make sure they get some experience, because after this, it’s for real.”

Delta State features 10 Division I transfers on their roster and return just two lettermen from last season’s squad that finished 19-8 overall in Division II’s Gulf South Confer-ence. Among them is Mississippi State transfer Phil Turner, who will not make the trip to Oxford after being suspended indefinitely from the team on Wednesday.

The Statesmen have one re-turning starter, junior Marqueys Brown, who averaged 11.5 points and 6.4 rebounds per game as a sophomore.

The 2010-11 Rebels are a team that is in position to make another run for the Southeastern Confer-ence West crown and pursue a bid for the NCAA Tournament. Se-nior Zach Graham has had reason for optimism.

“I think everything is coming to-gether pretty good,” Graham said. “We had a real good offseason.”

The Rebels open regular season play on Nov. 12 in Oxford against Arkansas State.

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The Rebels (3-5, 1-4 SEC) look to end that streak on Sat-urday night against Sun Belt conference member Louisiana-Lafayette (2-6, 2-3 Sun Belt) at 6 p.m. in Vaught-Hemingway Stadium.

“This is a very important homecoming game,” Ole Miss coach Houston Nutt said.

Even though the Ragin’ Ca-juns don’t play in one of the country’s elite conferences, they have still faced plenty of strong competition this season. Louisi-ana-Lafayette opened their 2010 season against Georgia and last month hosted Oklahoma State, the Rebels opponent from last year’s Cotton Bowl.

“You can’t take them lightly,” junior running back Brandon Bolden said. “They played Geor-

gia and were beating Oklahoma State at halftime. Anybody can come in here and beat you. You just have to treat everybody as if they were the No. 1 team.”

Meanwhile, junior offensive lineman Bradley Sowell men-tioned how the team hopes to put together a complete game.

“(Losing) would be a real em-barrassment,” Sowell said. “We really don’t want to feel like we did on Sept. 4 again. We prob-ably should have had that first one and it probably would have been a much different season but we can’t overlook anybody even though they’re in a smaller con-ference.”

Early in Louisiana Lafayette’s 38-31 loss to Ohio last week, Ragin’ Cajun starting quarter-back Chris Masson suffered a leg injury and did not return to the game.

However junior Brad McGuire, his backup, stepped in and threw for an impressive 384 yards on 25-of-39 passing with

two touchdowns. McGuire has been announced

the starter Saturday as Masson is still sidelined.

It marks the first time since Dec. 2008 that Louisiana Lafay-ette has started someone other than Masson.

Nutt, on the other hand, is dealing with his own problems with the Rebels. The third-year coach said he hopes to see a “fa-natical effort” and better tackling against the Rajin’ Cajuns.

“We played three very good teams and had a chance in just about every game except maybe the last one (Auburn),” Nutt said. “We fought hard. I think what they learned the most was there were three or four plays that make a difference in the game and you don’t know which three or four they’re going to be so you have to go hard every sin-gle play and be at your best.”

Saturday’s game marks only the third meeting between Ole Miss and Louisiana-Lafayette. In the team’s last meeting, the Reb-els won 24-17.

“We’re going to treat this game like an SEC game,” Bolden said. “We’re already down record wise but everyone’s spirits are up.”

Rebels look to end three-game skid BY JOHN HOLTThe Daily Mississippian